Joaquin Martinez dies at 81

Actor Joaquin Martinez, best appreciated for that role of Offers His Shirt Red-colored in Sydney Pollack's Robert Redford starrer "Jeremiah Manley" but for the title role in Robert Aldrich's "Ulzana's Raid" (1972), starring Burt Lancaster, died on Jan. 3 at his home in Everdingen, Holland, following a brief have a problem with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. Born in Cozumel, Mexico, Martinez analyzed Method acting with Seki Sano and found prominence in Carlos Velo's Mexican film "Pedro Paramo," which opened at Cannes in 1967. Shortly after that he gone to live in La and labored being an actor in film, on tv and onstage in excess of 30 years. Offered stereotypical roles, like many Latino stars, throughout his career in Hollywood, Martinez works to redefine the various components, sometimes getting him into conflict with producers and company directors. His TV work including guest roles in a lot of Western series, including "Our Prime Chapparal," "Bonanza" and "Gunsmoke" guest gigs on "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "Ironside," "Quincy," "L.A. Law," "Empire" and "Northern Exposure" and roles in telepics and miniseries incliuding "Ishi: All of the His Tribe," "Centennial," "The way the West Was Won" and "Gemstones for Ibarra." Film credits Bille August's 1993 "Home of the Spirits," and "Revenge" (1990), starring Kevin Costner and Anthony Quinn. In 2001, Lee Tamahori cast Martinez within the Mission Impossible thriller "Die A Later DateInch according to his longtime popularity of Martinez's performance in "Ulzana's Raid." Onstage Joaquin made an appearance with Christopher Reeve and Christine Lahti in Tennessee Williams' "Summer time and Smoke" in the Ahmanson in 1988. He seemed to be an authentic cast person in the musical drama "Zoot Suit." Martinez is made it by his wife, Marja Valkestijn boy Christopher, a publicist a daughter, Jennifer stepson Sjoerd and former wife Mary Preston. Donations might be produced in his memory towards the SAG Children's Fund for Children's Literacy. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com